<a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/henning-larsen">Henning Larsen Architects</a> just first place in a competition to design a new research building for the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in Stuttgart (<a href="http://www.zsw-bw.de/" target="_blank">Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung</a>). The building will reflect the state of the art renewable energy research going on inside, and it is designed to meet strict <a href="http://inhabitat.com/germany-sets-new-solar-record-by-meeting-nearly-half-of-countrys-weekend-power-demand/">German requirements</a> for sustainability. Henning Larsen's design features a grid of small units grouped together to create a highly flexible workplace that serves as a dynamic framework for the ongoing research and innovation activities of the center.

<a href="http://www.zsw-bw.de/" target="_blank">ZSW</a>, Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in Stuttgart, is one of the leading renewable energy research centers in Germany and soon they will have a new facility in which to conduct their groundbreaking work.

Henning Larsen Architects just announced their win of the international competition to design the new center, which will be situated in Stuttgarter Engineering Park (STEP) and will house researchers conducting research on sustainable technologies and energy forms.

“The grid structure of the research centre ensures a high degree of mobility and freedom to change and expand the building”, explains <a href="http://www.henninglarsen.com/people/v-x/werner-frosch.aspx?catId=&amp;sortBy=firstname" target="_blank">Werner Frosch</a>, General Manager of Henning Larsen GmbH.

“The building has a rational design and is organised in modules. This creates visual contact across the atriums and green oases, which the researchers can use for work or informal meetings. We look very much forward to the collaboration. The researchers of the centre hold a world-leading position in their field, sustainable technology and energy forms. The research has been integrated into the facade design."

Henning Larsen Architects just first place in a competition to design a new research building for the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research in Stuttgart (Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung). The building will reflect the state of the art renewable energy research going on inside, and it is designed to meet strict German requirements for sustainability. Henning Larsen's design features a grid of small units grouped together to create a highly flexible workplace that serves as a dynamic framework for the ongoing research and innovation activities of the center.